ἈΔΕΛΦΩΝΠΟΙΚΙΛΑΣ, ἀδελφωνποικιλας
ADELPHŌNPOIKILAS, adelphōnpoikilas
Sounds Like: ah-del-FOHN-poy-KEE-las
Translations: of brothers of various kinds, of brethren of diverse sorts, of fellow believers of many colors
From the root: ἈΔΕΛΦΟΣ, ΠΟΙΚΙΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This appears to be a compound word or two words concatenated without a space: ἈΔΕΛΦΩΝ (adelphōn) and ΠΟΙΚΙΛΑΣ (poikilas). ἈΔΕΛΦΩΝ is the genitive plural of 'brother' or 'fellow believer', meaning 'of brothers' or 'of fellow believers'. ΠΟΙΚΙΛΑΣ is the accusative plural feminine of the adjective 'poikilos', meaning 'various, diverse, manifold, many-colored'. When combined, it would refer to 'of brothers of various kinds' or 'of diverse fellow believers'. This construction is unusual as a single word and suggests a possible transcription error where a space was omitted.
Inflection: ἈΔΕΛΦΩΝ: Plural, Genitive, Masculine; ΠΟΙΚΙΛΑΣ: Plural, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s numbers: G80 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4164 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 24:6
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ἈΔΕΛΦΟΣ, ΠΟΙΚΙΛΟΣ, appear in our texts.
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